# Van Dyke v. Thompson

> Washington Supreme Court · July 2, 1981 · 95 Wash. 2d 726

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9545421

## Case

- **Full name:** Sallie Van Dyke, Respondent, v. Gerald Thompson, as Secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services, Et Al, Appellants
- **Court:** Washington Supreme Court
- **Decided:** July 2, 1981
- **Citations:** 95 Wash. 2d 726; 630 P.2d 420; 1981 Wash. LEXIS 1082
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Rosellini
- **Judges:** Dolliver, Rosellini, Utter
- **Cited by:** 22 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that a child support obligation incurred prior to the marriage may be pursued only against the earnings of an obligated spouse in the new community

## Opinion text

Rosellini, J.
(concurring in part) — I have signed Justice Dolliver's majority opinion. Since it was not necessary in the opinion to address the question of the due process requirement, I agree with Justice Utter's holding that the plaintiff's constitutional right of due process was violated.
I would further hold that the requirement of payment of the amount accrued under the support payments ordered by the Superior Court before a hearing would be granted and that the hearing would be limited to the amount due, is unconstitutional.

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